Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has told striker Danny Welbeck to look to Henry for inspiration, after the club legend joined as a winger in 1999 and scored 228 goals as a striker.
Welbeck opened his account for Arsenal at Aston Villa on Saturday after his deadline day switch from Manchester United.
Wenger believes that Welbeck is a good finisher and insists the player only needs a goal-scoring instinct.
Welbeck is now being trained to have better composure and conquer his nerves in front of goal.
“Thierry is a good act to follow,” said Wenger.
I think Danny has an interesting potential and let’s see how he develops.
“He has a good mentality, good physical potential, technical potential, he contributes to our team play because he doesn’t lose the ball up front and those are important qualities.
“He rushed a bit his finishing until now because he didn’t score.”
“It is more a nervous problem maybe because in training he scores goals like a real striker.”
“He is a good finisher.”